suhan

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -an.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃuɦɒn]
  • Hyphenation: su‧han
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

suhan

  1. (intransitive) to swoosh, to flit, to glide

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • suhanás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elsuhan

References

  1. suhan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • suhan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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